Quantification of avian hazards to military aircraft and implications for wildlife management.

Collisions between birds and military aircraft are common and can have catastrophic effects. Knowledge of relative wildlife hazards to aircraft (the likelihood of aircraft damage when a species is struck) is needed before estimating wildlife strike risk (combined frequency and severity component) at...

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Main Authors: Morgan B Pfeiffer, Bradley F Blackwell, Travis L DeVault
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6211720?pdf=render